Baird Expands into Pacific Northwest

Baird has hired industry veteran David Perez to open a new wealth management office in Portland, Ore. The move is just the latest of several recent hires Milwaukee-based Baird has made from the wirehouses, but it marks the company’s entry into the Pacific Northwest region.

Baird declined to make Perez available for comment, but Mike Schroeder, the president of Baird Private Wealth Management, said, through the Pacific Northwest has been an area of interest for some time, the company plans to continue hiring the best talent regardless where they are located in.